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There's No Place Like New York

The words ‘New York’ are uttered in hush tones since the Covid-19 outbreak but I’ve got to say I am still devastated that it may be another year or more before I can visit the beautiful big apple 🍎. Prior to covid I was living in Canada on a 2 year visa and while I enjoyed it and I’m glad I went, it never felt like home, I never felt like I belonged and therefore I never had a desire to stay, which is why in April 2020 I was going to move to the big city, New Yoooooooork 🗽😍

I’ve been to New York twice in my life and both times I never wanted to leave. The sense of belonging I mentioned I never felt in Canada, that was not the case in New York, on both visits I felt this pull to stay and was so depressed when I had to leave so I was elated to be moving to New York with one of my best friends from my Canadian Trip. We had our accommodation booked, our flights booked, we had savings (but definitely not enough 😂 but we didn’t care) and then BOOM💥, the thorn in everyone’s side that is covid-19 emerged from it’s dark cave and put an end to our plans 😭.

But this won’t put an end to my New York dream, especially because I have always wanted to take a helicopter ride across the Grand Canyon and New York and the one thing covid made available to me was the opportunity to purchase a gift card for a helicopter ride around New York at an amazing discounted price with FLYNON, whose website you can check out here 🚁.

It may be uncertain as to when we can travel to the states but that isn’t going to stop me from planning my next trip to the city that never sleeps which I’m going to share with all of you because hey, who said we can’t plan imaginary trips together 😏.

New York Wish List

1. Cycle Central Park

I’m going to be straight up and admit this. . .I have an obsession/ fascination with Central Park and I can’t even pin point as to why. I’m not a huge nature lover but something about Central Park honestly takes my breath away.

Both times I was in NY I struggled to find the bike rental company included on my tour ticket so I never got the chance to bike round it but next time I’m gonna go for one of the biking companies right outside the park.

According to good aul reliable Google, it takes approx 45 to 60 minutes to cycle the full loop of the park and will cost roughly $3, if you Citi Bike it, this can go higher depending on the rental company you choose.

If you go for a bike tour that’s a whole different ball game and can cost approx $49 which I know seems a lot but I actually think it would be worth it to have a guide who will disclose some secrets about the park that you or even Google mightn’t know, so I think a bike tour will be on the wish-list.

2. Cycle Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge is another tourist hot spot that I love to walk but next time I want to bike it and I think Blazing Saddles New York will be a good choice. Why of all the bike rental companies am I leaving towards this one? Well some bike rental companies I read you only get the bike for 30mins and for every 15mins you go over you get charged $5 (Mmmmmm thanks but no) whereas with Blazing Saddles you can do a self-guided or guided bike tour.

With the self-guided touryou can rent a bike for a whole day for as little as $28.

The guided tour costs $48for an adult for a whole day bike rental. Now i know it sounds a lot but with this tour your get to see 8 points of interest like Chinatown, Brooklyn Heights for example.

Included in the bike rental price is a helmet, lock, handlebar bag, custom map and a rear rack for bags.

3. A boat ride along the Manhattan Skyline

The first time I went to NY I done the Statue of Liberty Tour which included a cruise and I have some beautiful images from the trip back to the mainland but I absolutely LOVED being on a boat. I have a major love for any tourist activity involving a cruise of some sort, there is just something so calming and beautiful bout being out at sea. Had I have gotten to NY I’d say at least once a month I would have taken a boat cruise, just because.

Here are some cruises I’ve come across online that have tickled my fancy:

3. Ice skating at Rockefeller Centre

Ice Skating is something I always loved but when I went to Canada I fell even more in love with it, so much so I went as far as to buy my own ice skates 🙈 (Hello Ice Princess ⛸).

My last time in NY it was Christmas time but it was unfortunately so busy at RC that we didn’t get a chance to glide on the ice 😭 so next time I’ll arrive with skates in hand and take to the ice like Torville & Dean ⛸.

Tickets aren’t on sale just yet (we haven’t even hit Halloween 🎃 yet so let’s give them a chance) but you can view the ticket packages online.

4. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Now I’m no history buff and certainly not hugely into art but I am interested in Greek and Roman art and photographs which is why I want to visit the renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art.

For those unfamiliar with The Met it maintains a museum and library of art with it’s main collections including arms and armor, Asian art, costumes, drawings and prints, European sculpture and decorative arts, Greek and Roman art, photographs etc.

$25 for adults; $17 for seniors; $12 for students.

5. New York Aquarium

Anyone who knows me knows I have an obsession with Aquariums😍, again I dunno why but I do (Don’t judge me🙈). Any time I go somewhere that has an aquarium I have to drag the person I’m with in with me.

The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States. It is operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society as part of its integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium and it is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. As part of WCS, the aquarium’s mission is to save wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

On both trips I never got the chance to go but next time I ain’t leaving without going to the aquarium!!

6. Roosevelt Island

I have a love and a hate for scary movies or stories so Roosevelt Island has peaked my interest. Roosevelt Island is a narrow island in New York City’s East River, within the borough of Manhattan. The narrow, two-mile island between Manhattan and Queens used to house a notorious insane asylum and a smallpox hospital. You’ll walk past the ruins of the weed-covered Smallpox Hospital, which in 1856, was the first hospital in the country dedicated to the treatment of the infectious disease. You aren’t allowed to wander through the ruins but you can still get a good view behind the fence 👀.

Other things to see on the island are Four Freedoms Park and North Point Lighthouse.

7. Liberty State Park

To be honest I had never heard much about Liberty State Park until I was researching what I’d like to do in NY. Since researching it it’s definitely going on the wish list.

Liberty State Park is a park in New Jersey, located on Upper New York Bay in Jersey City, with dramatic views of the Manhattan skyline, Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

There is boating and canoeing on the Hudson River and New York Bay, as well as picnic areas, food concessions, areas for fishing and a marina. The park also features trails for hiking, biking, nature walks and fitness and it’s the site of spectacular Fourth of July fireworks.

8. Bronx Zoo

Who doesn’t love animals, so the Bronx Zoo, one of the largest zoo’s in the United States, is definitely on my wish list. What I love about Bronx Zoo is it is part of an effort to save wildlife and has helped to protect species in the wild. For example, Bronx Zoo conservationists saved, bred, and reintroduced into the wild Tanzania’s Kihansi spray toads.

There’s obviously much more to see and do in New York but these are the main things I’ve been wanting to experience or re-experience. Fingers crossed in time covid-19 will be a distant memory and we can resume visiting transatlantic locations. See you soon NY (Hopefully🤞🏼!)

Where on the map are these locations? Let’s have a look . . . . .